International Railways: Authors M - Z

Maedel, K E.Stuttgart, 1967 : Franckh.Quarto, 80 pages with photo illustrations, German text, and a wallet containing 6 45rpm EPs of locomotive recordings produced by the Kosmos Co, glazed boards, book VG+ although wallet slightly strained by its contents. Records appear fine. ** The records each commence with a German commentary on the contents. Some are lineside recordings, others are from the footplate. Played on the office Dansette they came across as of a good technical standard, but I cannot pretend to be an expert in these matters.

The First Hundred Years. [Sydney-Goulburn Railway : 1869-1969.]
Ref: S7554
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Oberg, L.Canberra, 1973 : Traction (3nd edition and 2nd by this publisher).Quarto, 60 pages, photo illustrations, map, card covers, VG+. **Railway History series No 731. The line must have been about 125 miles. It's still there, with an interesting looking roundhouse in the vicinity of Goulburn Station.

Petersen, J.Stuttgart, 1983 : Motorbuch.Large landscape quarto, 119 page colour and b/w pictorial history, German text, jacket, near fine. ** Studies of Chinese railways by Westerners are necessarily limited by travel restrictions; a large proportion of the photos in this history were taken during the author's journeys in China, but illustrations from other sources are included.

Reimann, W R.Freiburg, 1982 : Eisenbahn-Kurier.Large octavo, 158 pages, 154 photo illustrations, track and station layouts, maps, German text, paper-covered boards, fine. **In addition to its famous suspended monorail Wuppertal had conventional trams and buses, and even (unless I have misread it) a mountain railway. All are covered by this useful history.

Röper, H.Dresden, 1988 : Deutscher Modelleisenbahn-Verband.Folio, 40 pages, photo illustrations, map, station layouts, 3 pages of large clear rolling stock drawings, stock lists, card covers, minor damage to the rear cover, but generally VG and of better quality than most Iron Curtain publications. **History of a lost narrow gauge line in the country east of Magdeburg.Jerichow I (it is a letter I, not a figure one) is puzzling, as the line does not come within 17km of Jerichow, although it does pass through Wüstenjerichow, some 45 km to the south. The I is a complete mystery but the line is referred to as KJ I throughout, so it has not crept into the title by accident.

Slezak, J O & Sternhart, H.Vienna, 1986: Slezak.Large octavo, 176 pages, many photo illustrations, line drawings of rolling stock and locomotives, stocklists, German text, glazed boards, fine. **Review of narrow gauge railways in Austria. Includes the slightly worrying Gasteiner Heilstollen-Bahn, which carries patients through a series of naturally hot caves with a high level of radon gas. This is supposed to cure arthritis and other ailments.

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£18.00

Eisenbahn-Panorama Böhmen Und Mähren.
Ref: S6930
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Slezak, J O.Vienna, 1986: Slezak.Large octavo, 96 page photo album of early railways in what is now the Czech Republic, laminated boards, fine.

Smalley, S B.Wyoming, OH, 1975 : Trolley Talk.Octavo, 80 pages, photo illustrations, map, time table extracts, electric car roster, card covers, near fine. **The CG&P (come, gentlemen and push) Railroad was a 42 mile feeder to the Pennsylvania and the Norfolk & Western at Cincinnati. This is a collection of historic photographs of the line, which are not so much captioned as used as the basis for the text.

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£8.00

Tramvie E Ferrovie Elettriche Per Roma E Dintorni.
Ref: S7773
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Società delle Tramvie e Ferrovie Elettriche di Roma.Rome, 1901.Large octavo, 31 pages + 4 pages of maps, photo illustrations (tourist sites on the routes), card covers, VG. ** The proposal of a company set up to provide trams in Rome and railways from Rome to Ostia and to Frascati and Genzano.

Price:
£18.00

+ Nordens Järnvägar 1971.
Ref: S7875
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Stenvall, F.Malmo, 1973 : Stenvalls.Small quarto, 120 page album, photos, stocklists, English/ Swedish captions, jacket edges a trifle worn, generally VG+. **Seventh edition of a pictorial annual round-up of Scandi railways. Frank Stenvall comments that only one picture of a steam loco remains in the Danish and Norwegian sections but more attention has been paid to traffic and permanent way matters : railway construction has by no means ended completely. (Steam persists in other sections, especially museum pages).

Stutz, W.Zurich, 1983 : Orell Füssli.Octavo, 283 pages, illustrated with photographs, drawings and some diagrams, German text, jacket, VG+. A handbook of Swiss railway station architecture. The first 100 pages are an illustrated essay on aspects of station design; the remaining pages are a catalogue of stations, some very grand and some in Swiss domestic style. Dates, architects, contractors and other details are given; not all are illustrated. There are also endnotes, a bibliography and an index.

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Tartié, A.Paris, 1998 : Bibliothèque administrative de la Ville de Paris.Small square quarto, 103 pages, French text, card covers, fine. **25 pages of introductory text, 59 photographs and a 10-page catalogue of the whole photographic collection. A remarkable collection of photographs recording the construction of the first Métro line in 1899-1900. The introduction gives information about the history of the railway and the conservation of the images.

Veenendaal, A J.Stanford, Ca, 1996 : Stanford Univ Press.Large octavo, 350 pages + 22 pages of photo plates, jacket, near fine. **Academic study of an interesting aspect of American railway development. The unexpectedly readable history occupies only half the volume, the remainder being taken up by extensive statistical appendices.

Lost Horizons. The story of the Rathbun Company and the Bay Of Quinte Railway.
Ref: S6248
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Wilson, D M.Belleville, Ont, 1983: Mika.Folio, 200 pages, well illustrated: photos, maps and plans, pale jacket soiled, otherwise a very good copy of a scarce book. **Canada: the rise and fall of a company with strong railway interests in Ontario.